On Wednesday (1/15) I got a tooth extraction and bone graft (#30). I was super numb and it was going fine until about halfway through I started feeling pain. I told the doctor and he dismissed me saying it was just pressure. Well, he got the final tooth bud out and informed me that there was a little bit of an infection on the bottom of the bud - that it was soft and that’s why I was feeling pain. I asked if I needed antibiotics or some sort of treatment for it and he said no, proceeded to put the graft in and sewed me up. Fast forward to today (1/18), the outer gum is so swollen it’s covering half of the graft, the site is throbbing, I have a metallic taste at the site, and I’m feeling pain radiating all the way to my front lower teeth. It’s not what I would consider excruciating so I don’t think it’s dry socket but it’s quite uncomfortable even with ibuprofen.

Could this be the initial infection? Was it the right call to not give me any sort of antibiotic and proceed with the graft? I’m reading many other posts saying no and I’m very much questioning the care I received (not to mention the rude dismissal of my pain during the procedure). Unfortunately the office is closed until Tuesday with the MLK holiday so I’ll need to ride this out for a bit, but I appreciate any insight and direction from the experts. Thank you in advance!

I had RCT on tooth 18, my dentist put a temporary crown on and we are waiting for the permanent to come in next week.

This evening I ate a piece of bread and the crown fell off. I put toothpaste on it and put it back on. It stays unless I’m eating food.

Should I eat and sleep with it in or off? I used mouthwash to rinse my mouth and temp crown. Dentist isn’t available on weekends.

It looks white, doesn’t hurt much unless I put my tongue on it, i have it on both sides of my mouth but this image is the left side of my mouth where it’s bigger.

This tooth has been broken for at the very least 2-3 years now. My dentist said it doesn’t need to be removed unless it starts to cause pain but i thought id get some more opinions because it looks pretty crazy. If i truly can leave it alone, how long? Removals are so expensive and id love to wait as long as possible if its safe

So I got a Root Canal about 3 weeks ago and have a follow up for my crown in 2 weeks.

It looks like my temp filling has sunk which I hear is fine and I don’t eat on that side at all. I have a canker sore on my upper gum on that side but I dont have pain when I rub my tongue on the tooth or when I drink hot or cold drinks. I am having minor tooth pain which I’m thinking is because of the canker sore

Does this look okay?

Anyone have anything similar? I’ve had this sore on my tongue since July. There was a canker sore there in this picture but that full red patch is always there and so painful.

My ENT thinks I’m biting it. I’ve tried Botox and a mouthguard. I stopped wearing the mouthguard and I did feel like it was slowly getting better but I just don’t know what to do to help the healing.

I’m going back to him in a couple of weeks and will make him do a biopsy if this isn’t healed because I’m driving myself crazy thinking the worse :(

Can I put metallic paints for example on my retainers to have them look like Grillz without having any health related risks? Thnx in advance

One dentist suggested RTC and another suggested extraction and now im confused. What should I do?

Does anybody know what is going on here? This fissure has been there for 4 months and is sore. Slowly seems to be healing.

I'm undergoing a lot of extractions, extracted all my bottom teeth in a bit more than a month and a half and I have to extract five more in my upper jaw before I can wear a denture. I'm a 31 years old male, always struggled with depression, and as a stupid teen, I did not care about my oral higiene. Friday 17th at around 5:40 PM I got my right upper wisdom tooth extracted, and today, at 12:48 AM, the blood clot looks like this.

https://preview.redd.it/whs2olrpaude1.jpg?width=657&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ef2f49c8af96ecbe232498fb7c1e997532d47695

As you can see it is pretty big and kinda grey in color (note that I drank milk not long before I took the picture). Is it normal that it is that big and that greyish in color?

Also I'm a smoker, I'm aware of dry socket, but my addiction is so strong I can't stay without smoking for a whole week. I roll my own cigarettes very loose and with very little tobacco inside, I do very small drags, and did so for all the teeth I've extracted and never got dry socket.

Thanks for all the helpful answers.

Hey Reddit. I hardly post anything but I feel I can not find much information on this. I got my wisdom teeth removed 6 days ago and I’m recovering well. [Never smoked nor drunk once in my life. I’m 20 years old with no prior teeth issues] Still on my soft food diet and probably will be by the end of next week. I’m still in minor pain but that’s to be expected. My mom got me bagels with seeds on them right after my extraction for some reason. [Everything and sesame bagels] we froze them so when I’m healed I can finally eat them. I know they’re good for 3-4 months if sealed correctly. I just started using the irrigation today with my surgeons approval. I was planning on eating anything with seeds on them after January 28th but I wanted to just makes sure as that would be the 2 week point.

Got my root canal done with less than 5 seconds total of drilling.

I just had a tooth on my upper left jaw extracted due to a large cavity and the dentist performed a bone graft. I know that it takes 3-6 months from there to get an implant and then another couple of months before the crown and the finalization of the whole process. In these 3-6 months or “waiting/healing” period between my bone graft and implant, can I eat normally? I just don’t know if having a soft diet for 6 months (or only eating on one side of the mouth!) is feasible but I am unsure if I will be able to resume a normal diet with just a bone graft. Any advice is great! I am not a smoker but would like to resume drinking socially between this waiting period. No health conditions that pertain to this question to report.

Found out teeth that needed fillings need to be extracted. Cannot afford implants or root canal/crowns. Will be having four molars removed and worried about bone loss and shifting. Will partials have any benefit over just leaving the area bare? I really do not want more issues with the teeth I have left.

It's called the MB2, which occurs in molars. Molars can have either 3 roots, or also this additional 4th one. According to Wikipedia it's present in upper molars more than 50% of the time, and in first upper molars 76-96% of the time, and it's extremely difficult to see without magnification. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_canal_treatment

According to this study, it's only detected 17% of the time without magnification, whereas with a surgical microscope it's detected 94% of the time. https://www.oralhealthgroup.com/features/the-notorious-mb2-canal-how-to-find-and-treat-it/

It also says that sometimes dentists perform root canals without even looking for / treating the MB2, which is often a cause a treatment failure.

This is pretty intriguing. Because at least in my country even many endodontists that I know of don't use microscope.

So do they just perform root canals with only being able to see and treat this canal 17% of the time, when it's so prevalent in upper molars? I'm presuming that many of those treatments fail? And maybe the 85% success rate figure for root canal treatment is more for specialists with microscope only?

Me personally I've had 5 root canals and 2 failed, got infected right after the first session. Both done by generalists without microscope.

The second was started recently, and it was a first upper molar. I'm debating whether I should find a specialist endodontist with microscope to continue it, or continue with the generalist. (read my last post for more info) Do I actually stand a good chance with the generalist? I'm no longer in pain after 12 days, and the pain only lasted 2 days (day 4-6) but that could be because the nerves have already all died (including the ones that they probably didn't clean up in the MB2 canal), but the infection is still probably there. How long is it safe to wait until getting it fixed?

I’ve always had this little flap of scar tissue after healing from my wisdom teeth extraction back in 2018. It has never bothered me up until this week and appears to be slightly more swollen and is now causing me pain and discomfort in the area and jaw. Could this be an abscess?

Hi I just had an extraction and they gave me my tooth - just wondering what this pink bit is? I’ve had a root canal a few years prior to the extraction if that makes a difference! Thanks!

I had a burn a week ago and it was red but after applying zilactin red patch was gone and now I have a sore with middle depression shown this to dentist and she said its healing and nothing to worry about but I am not able to clam My nerve as to why it has a dent.please help

Hello,

As the post title says I had my right side both bottom and top wisdom teeth removed now 13 days ago today. I went in day 11 and my dentist said there’s no dry socket, I’m healing well and can return to normal activities. I am wondering if the risk of dry socket is gone completely and I can normally smoke a joint? I didn’t have stitches so the hole is still exposed but everyday closing up. I’ve lightly smoked without pulling but honestly it’s not even worth it to me so I’ve been on edibles etc. the smoking just isn’t satisfying without a full hit. If I have to take more time away from it, I will. It’s not the end of the world. Just trying to see when I can return to normal with things like straws as well.

The past smoking experiences haven’t caused me any pain.

I went to get a dental cleaning about a week ago and I’m having inflammation and pain behind my molar. Any input or ideas as to what’s going on. I went back to the dentist and they insisted that it’s fine.

My toddler is shy of 18 months. We have a brushing routine but until recently it was mostly to get him used to brushing. He fights feet and nails every time it’s brushing time and we have to put his arms under our legs to get some brushing in. Recently started 2x a day in depth brushing.

He gets little to no sweets. We just don’t have much sweets in the house anyways. Only water and maybe here and there some very watered down juice. We don’t keep Soda, juice etc in the house much so he doesn’t ask for it.

He has however been falling asleep with a milk bottle (also watered down) and due to a new baby that milk bottle was our life line for a while. He is a very bad sleeper.

He also has excessive saliva and his lips are tight over his teeth. I am wondering if he pockets foods or liquids between teeth and lip and due to us not brushing as throughout like we do now, this is what happened.

We noticed this on his teeth. What is it? What can I do? Appointment is scheduled but I need something for the meantime and to help my mom guilt!